Browsing UW-Oshkosh Office of Graduate Studies by Title
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Taking a Closer Look at Autism Rates In a Small Rural School District
(2007-05)This study examined prevalence rates in the United States, the State of Wisconsin and the local school district. It further investigated the perceptions of parents, educational and healthcare professionals about the rise ... -
Teacher Perspectives on the Effect Caring for Classroom Plants has on Adolescents
(2020-10)This project attempted to answer the research question: "Do teachers who have incorporated a plant care program into their classroom notice caring for classroom plants affects student behavior and mood?" Teachers in a ... -
Teachers' Perceptions of lncluding Students with Emotional Behavioral Disabilities in Their Classrooms
(2006-05)This study looked at the perceptions of teachers that include students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) into the classroom. The review of literature proved that students with disabilities do cause stress ... -
Teachers' Perceptions of Trauma Informed Care in Their District
(2018-05)The purpose of this research was to answer the question: "What are teacher's perceptions of trauma informed care in their school district?" A descriptive, quantitative study was conducted to determine the answer to this ... -
Teaching Number Sense in Second Grade Using Constructivism or Procedural Philosophy of Mathematics
(2009-01)Mathematical education is a major component of the curriculum in elementary school, which allows children to develop calculating, estimating, and other necessary skills needed to develop into productive adults. This study ... -
Teaching Recreation and Leisure Skills to Individuals with Moderate to Severe Cognitive Disabilities
(2006-12)This study explored if four individuals ages 18-20 with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities could be taught the skills needed to perform recreation and leisure skill activities in the community. A pre and post tests ... -
Temperature-regulated control of toxic genes in the methylerythritol phosphate pathway of synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacteria
(2018-01-09)Cyanobacteria are microalgae that have the potential to become a frontrunner for clean energy and renewable bioproducts. These green bacteria efficiently harvest sunlight and atmospheric CO2, to produce a variety of ... -
TERRELL'S ISLAND: A CASE STUDY IN BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF WATERFOWL ON FRESHWATER ENCLOSURES
(2013-12)Although American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (AWP) typically reside in the western plains of North America, within the last 30 years they have migrated to unexpected locations, perhaps due to climate ... -
A Test of empathy-altruism hypothesis versus the simultaneous egoism hypothesis
(2017-03-28)Two classes of motives are suggested for why we help others as a result of feeling emphatic concern. The empathy-altruism hypothesis (EAH) states that feeling empathic concern for a person in need produces altruistic ... -
Testing the empathy-altruism hypothesis
(2019-08)Feelings of empathic concern for a person in need predicts helping of that person, but there are two competing theoretical explanations for this helping motivation. According to the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis (EAH), the ... -
The Things that Create and Sustain
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THINGS WE DO ALONE: POETRY, PROSE, AND MEMOIR
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Threat level midnight: stereotype threat's negative impact on women's career and major choices
(2017-09-29)While women have closed the gender gap in many science and engineering fields, math-intensive fields continue to lack representation of women. One potential cause is stereotype threat. Previous research has shown that ... -
The time course of attentional selection : an ERP investigation
(2015-12)The N2pc ERP component has been associated with the deployment of visual attention to regions in visual space (Luck & Hillyard, 1994a, Luck & Hillyard, 1994b). Several hypotheses have been advanced regarding what specific ... -
TIME FLEW -- I MUST BE HAVING FUN: THE EFFECT OF TIME PERCEPTION ON TASK ENJOYMENT
(2010-08)It is well known that when people are engaged in an enjoyable task, time seems to pass quickly. This study explored the converse of this phenomenon by examining the effect of an accelerated sense of time, created using ... -
TRANSITIONAL TALK: MANAGING THE FLOOR IN AN ADULT-LEARNER CLASSROOM
(2009-07)This study explores the management of conversational floor in adult-learner classrooms by describing topic transitions in recorded data from six instructors at one technical college in the Midwest. The analyzed data shows ... -
Transmission of trypanosoma species and the host role of proechimys semispinosus in Panama
(2017-09-29)Parasites, particularly those that utilize a vector, play an important role throughout tropical forests. Their prevalence and distribution depend on the distribution of their vectors. Wherever these vectors are found, ... -
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS BELIEFS AND EXPERIENCES
(2010-01)The aim of this study was to determine if there are specific factors that positively influence the beliefs, behaviors, experiences, and self-management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adult patients. A qualitative study was ...